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Like an idiot, I'm about to wade into a minor controversy that erupted a month or so ago. Let me just deliver the bare bones background: Someone in the comedy field said publicly what many comedy writers – well, many male comedy writers – have said privately. He said, "Women aren't funny," and that stirred up a fair amount of appropriate pushback from among others, women who are funny. And men who have worked with funny women....